2-D modelling of the anticlinal structures and structural development of the eastern fold belt of the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 209-226

  Sikder, Arif Mohiuddin ^a   Alam, M Mustafa ^b  

^a Gem Testing Laboratory   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

2 D modelling; Bengal Basin; Detachment decollement; Eastern fold belt; Fault propagation fold; Thin skinned tectonics

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; FAULT PROPAGATION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; TECTONIC SETTING; THIN SKINNED TECTONICS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0037303646     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00181-1     Document Type: Article

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